HiSilicon Kirin 820 5G vs HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G

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Which processor is better? We compared HiSilicon Kirin 820 5G with HiSilicon Kirin 990 4G. Compare, analyze the specifications. Find out their scores in popular benchmarks (AnTuTu 10, GeekBench 6 Single-Core, GeekBench 6 Multi-Core) and who is the winner?

AnTuTu 10

Total Score

Kirin 820 5G

387656

Kirin 990 4G

497136

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

Kirin 820 5G

640

Kirin 990 4G

748

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Kirin 820 5G

2436

Kirin 990 4G

3078

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	1x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A76 3x 2.22 GHz – Cortex-A76 4x 1.84 GHz – Cortex-A55	2x 2.86 GHz – Cortex-A76 2x 2.09 GHz – Cortex-A76 4x 1.86 GHz – Cortex-A55
Number of cores	8	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8.2-A	ARMv8.2-A
Lithography	7 nm	7 nm
Number of transistors		8000 million
TDP	6 Watt	6 Watt
Neural Processing	Ascend D110 Lite, HUAWEI Da Vinci Architecture	Ascend Lite + Ascend Tiny, HUAWEI Da Vinci Architecture, HiAI 2.0

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 12 GB	up to 12 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4X	LPDDR4X
Memory frequency	2133 MHz	2133 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 2.1

UFS 3.0

Graphics

GPU name	Mali-G57 MP6	Mali-G76 MP16
GPU Architecture	Mali Valhall	Mali Bifrost
GPU frequency	850 MHz	600 MHz
Execution units	6	16
Shaders	96	256
DirectX	12	12
OpenCL API	2.1	2.0
OpenGL API	ES 3.2
Vulkan API	1.2	1.1

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution		3360x1440@60Hz
Max camera resolution	1x 48MP, 2x 20MP
Max Video Capture	4K@30fps	4K@60fps
Video codec support	AV1 H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VC-1 VP8 VP9

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	1.6 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	0.2 Gbps
Wi-Fi	6 (802.11ax)	6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth	5.1	5.0
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS